If you have a bilingual classroom, why not make a multicultural craft that involves Halloween AND Dia de Muertos in the same project? These skull-looking pumpkins are a great way to marry both holidays in the same craft. Wait a minute… are there any preschool teachers with enough extra budget to buy ROCKS?Ĭheck out the tutorial on Red Ted Art. If your kids can’t find smooth rocks lying around, you can get a bag from Amazon. See the step-by-step instructions at Color Made Happy. If you don’t want to use plants because children give you enough beings to keep alive, you can also put a small veladora or tea light. Sugar Skull Craft – Painted Flower Potsĭay of the Dead-ify a bunch of tiny flower pots to decorate your Día de Muertos shrine. Even if the book they are reading doesn’t belong to their household, seeing their own bookmarks in the books can give the kids a sense of ownership to keep reading.įollow the tutorial to make these Day of the dead themed bookmarks over Red Ted Art. DIY Day of the Dead BookmarksĪ good way to encourage children to read more is to let them make their own bookmars. In the picture above you can see the skull puppet I made which is supposed to look like one of my favourite Mexican artists who happens to be dead. The template includes print-ready accesories such as hair flowers and a sombrero to make unique calaveras. The best thing about this paper puppet is that each child can put it together as crazy as they want. ? Paper Frida Kahlo made by teacher using the printable puppet template by publicación compartida por Early Childhood ? Box of Ideas el 29 de Sep de 2018 a las 8:06 PDT A moon later, Kahlo hopped back to her bed, looked at her reflection and said: -“Much better”. The artist fiercely grabbed a paintbrush and started to work her magic on her new skeletal body. Frida hopped with her only leg along the petals path and she arrived to her beloved art studio. It was probably Diego who scattered them there.
She jumped out of the mattres and felt a bunch of cempasuchil flower’s petals under her foot. “Wait a second…” She thought -“AM I…PLAIN?”. Instead she saw a pale skeleton staring back at her. The face she saw was not that of the woman she had seen every morning since she placed that mirror above her bed so many years ago. They are so simple to make that you can quickly make enough luminaires for every ancester your children have had all the way back to the Flinstones Age. Make these luminaires to light up your ofrendas of Día de Muertos. You might also like this activity: Bugs and Nature Stamp Art 5. Don’t you also get tiny bits of joy when you feel dry puffy paint with your fingers? Ooooh yeah. The fact that you decorate them using puffy paint makes them a complete sensory experience that continues after the paint is dry. These calorie-free sugar skulls look great indoors and outdoors. Cyber-Punk Preschool Teacher Costume? Anybody? …ok.Ĭheck out the tutorial for this mask over Arty Crafty Kids. If you run out of ideas for a halloween costume you can always let the kids do your make-up with these pens. These skulls use neon pens to get that “glowy” effect that I bet your craftiest kids will go nuts for. If you haven’t used black glue with your children, what better time to do it than around Halloween or Day of the Dead celebrations? You can either buy it on Amazon or make your own following the tutorial over I Heart Crafty Things. Do you like Frida Kahlo?Ĭheck out the Frida Kahlo Sugar Skull version of our Day of The Dead kids craft. Get the printable from my TpT shop to get extra designs and a skull’s templateįind the sugar skull template here with several designs to start your craft.
#DIA DE LOS MUERTOS CROWN FREE#
These adorable Día de Muertos Skulls come with a free printable template of the eyes for the sugar skull that you can easily cut and paste into a paper plate to then decorate with your favourite craft materials. I’ve put together this list of simple craft projects that young children can make to celebrate Mexican Día de Muertos this November (or end of October, if you want to pair it up with Halloween celebrations). Please refer to my disclaimer page for more info. This will not only bring creativity to their ideas as they grow up but also can help to develop a sense of diverse community and tolerance that is much needed in our modern world. As a Mexican preschool teacher working in the UK, I find it very important to share my culture with our children because they are developing in a global society and we can all benefit from more exposure to different cultures and traditions than the ones we experience at home.
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